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Vol. 41 No. 3
Summer 2012

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Give Yourself Tenure, Andrea Schweitzer
Following my PhD, I transitioned into an industry cubicle. Fifteen years later, I call myself a “scientist entrepreneur,” having spent a decade working as a freelance project manager. I’ve got tenure; it’s just different from a tenured position at a university.

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Restoring an Old Beauty, Mary Ann Upton
This is the story of how a century-old observatory at Whitin College, Massachusetts, was transformed into a modern teaching center while preserving its historical character.

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Reflections: Science Fare, Phil Plait
The Bad Astronomer (a.k.a. Phil Plait) gives a short speech to students who participated in a science fair. “Welcome to science. You’re gonna like it here.”

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Astronomy
in the NewsA volcanic history of Mars, changes in an exoplanet’s atmosphere, and an upcoming collision with the Andromeda Galaxy — these are some of the discoveries that recently made news in the astronomical community.